Fishing reel



C. S. PARKS.

vFlsrfim REEL.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 12. 192|.

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CHARLES S. PARKS, 0F KENT CITY, MICHIGAN.

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Application met october 12,

To all/whom t may concern.'

Be it known that ll, CHARLES S. FARKS, a citizen .of the United States, residin at Kent City, in the county of Kent and tate of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefullmproveinents in Fishing Reels, of which the' following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to a' fishing reel and has for lits object toprovide such a device with means to prevent tangling of the line due to the excess unwinding thereof wheny the bait or lure is cast. To this end I have provided means for retarding the motion of the drum as the pull of the lure decreases and other means for-.locking the drum 'when the pull entirely ceases.

Another object of the invention is the provision of the latching device. whereby the reel may be converted into an ordinary form of reell such as is now onthe market, if desired.

Other objects and advantages of theinvention will be apparent from the following' description, when taken in connection with the accompanying-drawing, in which;

Figure 1 is an end yiew of the reel with the drum in neutral position.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the device.v

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig ure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure@ is a section similar to Figure 2 with the reel in locked position.

Figure 5 is a section similar'toFigure 3 with the ends of the reel removed.

.Figure .6 is a section similar to Figure 3 showing a modification which includes both a braking device and a locking device, and

Figure 7 is a vertical section through Figure 6.

Referring to the drawings more in detail, the numeral l designates the ordinary fish in reel frame, which comprises the end disks 2 and 3, and brace rods 4. A shaft 5 is mounted on the disk 2 and carries a pinn ion 6 on its inner end, and a crank 7 on its outer end.

The present form of the invention shows arc-,shaped slots 8 and 9 formed in the end disks 2 and 3. The center of curvature of these slots is the shaft 5. The reel, which comprises the drum 10 and disks 11 and 12, has its ends, which extend beyond the disks 11 and 12, mounted in the slots 8 and 9. Mounted on the drum 10 is a pinion 13 15 and finally one of the '1921. serial No. 507,289.

which meshes with pinion 6 on the shaft 5. By having the slots 8 and 9 curved in the manner above described it -will be seen that the reel may be moved to any position in the slots Aand the pinions 6. and 13 will remain in mesh.

The disk 11 is Vformed with regularly spaced notches 14 around its, periphery, while the'frame disk 2 is provided with a pin or lug 15.

From the: foregoing construction it will be seen thatas the cast is made the drum will, slide upwardly in the slots 8 and 9,

thereby disengaging a notch 14 from the pin 15, and permitting the line to unwind.

When the pull of the bait or lureceases the I drum will return by gravity Vand. one of the notches 14C will engage the Apin 15 therebypreventing further unwinding of the line.

lin the modified form of the invention shown in Figures 6 and.7 ll have provided the disk 11a with a serrated or milled periphery 18. The disk is also provided with the alternately spaced, deep and shallow notches 19 and 20. A disk 21 may be secured to the vdrum for the purpose of concealing the braking and locking disk 11a.

Bymeans of vhis last described construc- 4tion the milled portion 18 engages the pin 15 as soon as the pull of the lure begins to lag. rthis engagement of the milled portion with pin 15 retards somewhat the turning movement of the drum. At slower the shallow notches 2O will engage the pin will engage the pin, and the drinn will be held stationary. 1

If it is desired to use 'the reel in the ordinary manner it is only" necessary to move the latch 16 shown in Figure 1 upwardly and secure it by means of the screw 17. 'llhe drum is then locked in the upper ends of the slots 8 and 9, and may be operated in the well known manner.

lin accordance with the patent statutes ll have described what I now believe to be the best embodiment of the invention, but .ll do not wish to be understood thereby as limiting myself or the'scope of the invention, as

many made without departing fromthe sp1r1t of the invention, all such ll aim to include 1n the scope of the appended claims.

What ll claim asl new is: y

1. ln a braking device for fishing reels including a frame, a reel mounted for bodily speeds deeper notches 19 Y changes and modifications may be movement with respectl to said frame, cooprise in said slots, and cooperating means on 50 erating means on said reel and frame for said reel and frame forbraking the former braking the former, said means being conwhen the line slackens. trolled by the position of the reel in the 8. In a braking device for fishing reels, a aframe as determined by the tension on the frame, a reel, means for mounting said reel line, on the frame whereby the former is bodily 55 2. In a braking device for fishing reels movable with respect tothe latter, cooperatincluding a frame, a reel mounted for bodily lngmeans on the reel and frame fo* causing movement with respect to said frame, and an initialretardation of the turning movemeans operable by the varying tension on ment ofthe reel through relative bodily the line for braking the reel through yrelative Il lovement ofthe reel and frame asptheI ten- 50 bodily movement' of the reel and frame. Sion on the line decreases, and other means 3, In a braking device for shing reels, a for locking the reel as the tension on the line frame, a reel, means for mounting said reel ceases.

on the frame whereby the former is bodily v 9. In a braking device for fishing reels inmovable with respect to the latter,and means Cluding a frame, a reel mountedv for bodily 55 operable by the varying tension on the line movement with respect to the frame, means for braking the reel through relative bodily operable by the tension on the line for brakmovement; of the reel and frame, ing the 4reel through relative bodily move- `4. In a braking device for fishing reels, a ment of `the reel and frame, and a latch frame, a reel, means for mounting said reel adapted .to engage said reel and prevent rela- 0n the frame whereby the former is bodily tive bodily movement between the reel and movable with respect to the latter, and autoframe. A matic means for releasing and braking the l0. In a. braking. device for fishing reels 25 reel depending upon the .relative positionpof including a frame, a reel, means for mountthe reel as determined by the tension on the ing said reel on the frame whereby the folline, mer is bodily movable with respect to the 5. In a braking device for fishing reels, a latter, means normally preventing turning frame, a reel, means for mounting-the reel movement of thereel, said means being reon the frame whereby the former is bodily leased by relative bodily movement between movable with respect to the latter, cooperatthe reel and frame.

ing means on the reel and frame for braking 11. In a braking device for fishing reels, and locking the reel, said cooperating means a fram-e, a reel mounted thereon, cooperating being operative or inoperative depending means on the reel and frame for causing an V 0n the relative position of the reel as deterinitial retardation of the turning movement mined by the tension on the line. of the reel as the tension on the line del85 6. In a braking device for fishing reels, a creases, and other means for locking the reel frame, a reel having notches on its peas the tension on the line ceases..

riphery, means for mounting said reel on 12. In a device of the class described, a

40 the frame whereby the former is bodily movf1ame,la reel therefor, means for mounting able with respectto the latter, a lug on said Said reel so that the same is bodily-movable 90 frame, one of said notches being normally with respect to the frame,a portion of-said v engaged with said lug but becoming disenreel being formed with serrations and relagaged when suiiicient tension is applied vto tively deep and shallow notches, and means 46 the line.` on the frame adapted to be engaged by said A 7. In a braking device for fishing reels, a serrations and notches dependent upon the frame, having elongated slots therein, a -relative positions of the reel and frame.

reel having its ends positioned in said slots,

whereby when the cast is made the reel will CHARLES S. PARKS. 

